Sounding toy.



PATENTED MAR. 31, 1903..

LS. PATTEN.

SOUNDING TOY.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 6. 1901.

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N YENTOH Arron/VHS UNITED ST TES PATENT. FFICE.

JAMES S. PATTEN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

SOUNDING TOY.

SEECIFICATION forming part of Letters IEatent N 0. 723,909, dated March 31, 1903.

Application filed February 5, 1901. Serial No. 46,112. (No model.)

constructions and combinations of parts, as

will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my toy ready for use. Fig. 2 is a'detail side view illustrating the manner of producing the cane or staff from a wire rod. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the lower portion of the device. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section on about linea 4 of Fig. 5, the cane beingin place. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the head of the toy. Fig. 6 is a sectional view on about the same line as Fig. 4, the tip of the cane being bent to secure it to the head and the cap being partly inserted. Fig. 7 is a detail section on about line 7 7 of Fig. 4, and Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a longitudinal section and a bottom plan View illustrating a head with more than two legs.

The complete toy, as shown, includes the cane A and the head B at the lower end there- I prefer to make the head A of a suitable wire whose end is tapered, as shown in Fig.

4, and to secure this tapering end by taking wire in lengths equal to twice the length of the cane and cutting them at the middle diagonally, as shown at O in Fig. 2, the ends of the wire being cut squarely, as shown at C. By this means I secure the cane length with its end tapered at A, as best shown in Fig. 4, thus providingthe end of the cane with a portion which may conform to and fit tightly in a tapered opening in the toy-head and is reduced at its extremity so it can be conveniently bent, as shown at A in Fig. 6, to secure the cane tightly to the head.

The head B may be formed of suitable metal and comprises the body B and legs D atthe lower end thereof. In constructing the head it is preferably tapered, converging toward its lower end, and is slotted from such end at E, producing the legs D, whose opposite edges D are spaced apart, forming a plurality of slots or openings E, which lead to the periphery of the head at different points in its circumference. This isim portant not only in the construction of the device, but also in its operation, as it affords a vent for the explosion of the cap in different directions in the operation of thedevice and' also renders practicable the production of the head by cast-- be broken down by the flow of metal, not be-' ing reinforced on theopposite side of the central core, and the casting operation could not be carried out in a practical way. It should be noticed that the central opening F, which receives the cap G, is tapered, converging toward its upper end, and forms a tapered recess in which is introduced the cylindrical body of the cap G, the rim of the cap bearing beneath the legs D, as will be understood from Figs. 3 and 6.

In the body B, I form a downwardly-tapering opening b, which is in line with and communicates with the opening F in the lower portion of the head 13, as will be understood from Figs, 4, 6, and 7. The tapered end of the cane A is inserted in the opening 6 and fits therein with its reduced lower end protruding below the body B and bent beneath said body in the upper end of one of the slots E, as shown in Fig. 6, thus securing the head firmly to the cane A. Q

It 'will be noticed that the slots E flare toward their lower ends and also flare from their inner toward their outer edges, and it will also be noticed that the'openingFleads squarely upward, so that the force of the explosion of the cap is directed in line with the cap, so it will operate in reacting to loosen the cap in the opening F and eject the cap. This is facilitated by the tapering form of the space F, in which the cap is seated, as when it will drop out or can be withdrawn without any difficulty.

In seeming the operation of the explosion to eject the cap I prefer to form the top of the space F in the complete toy concave or dished, so the explosion will react with great force against the cap and eject the same as desired. In the construction shown the bottom of the body B is dished at the center, and one of the slots E extends farther up than the others and receives the bent end of the cane, as shown in Figs. 4 and 6.

It will be noticed that the lower-outer edge of the head is slightly rounded or chamfered at ll, while the lower end of the head at h is made flat to form a proper bearing for the tlange'of the cap.

In Figs. 1 and 3 to 7, inclusive, the head is shown as provided at its lower end with two depending legs. It will be understood that the nnmbeizmay be increased without departing from the broad features of my invention, and in Figs. S'and 9 I show a head provided with three depending legs.

It may be said that in the operation of the device, the vertical bore being downwardly tapering, the explosion of the cartridge may tend to loosen the cartridge in the bore and that the explosion may also result in the rending or tearing open of the cartridge-shell, driving the ragged edges of the shell into the side slot, and that by making said slot downwardly tapering the shell may be easily removed from the bore notwithstanding the action of the explosion; also, that the flaring edges of the side slot may be useful in giving free vent to the gases of the explosion, as well as serving to facilitate the introduction of an instrument for removing the shell from the side slot or central bore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The improved toy herein described comprising the head having the upper body portion provided centrally with a downwardlyconverging opening and provided on the under side of said head with a plurality of legs spaced apart at their adjacent edges, and also spaced apart at their inner sides by the central upwardly-converging opening in line with the downwardly-converging opening in the body portion and communicating therewith and also in communication with the spaces between the legs, and the cane or handle having its lower end tapered to lit the central opening in the body portion and of a length to extend below said body portion and bent beneath the same into one of the spaces between the depending legs substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A toy having ahead provided at itslower end with a seatfor the cap and having in its upperor body portiona downwardly-converging opening, and the cane tapered at its lower end and inserted at such end in said opening and bent at its lowerend below the body portion of the head, substantially as set forth.

3. A toy havinga head provided at its lower end with means for receiving and exploding a cap and a wire handle bent atits lower end into connection with the upper end of said head substantially as set forth.

JAMES S. PATTEN.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMoN, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

